anybody fly?

[Kelly_Rene]

Just curios if anybody flys small airplanes?


I'm looking into it for myself. There is now a sports liscense that u can get in one week for like $5,000.

[SilverJester]

http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/books/12/11/review.mythology/story.superman.jpg
^^he flys :lmfao:

A friend of mine was a pilot, was working towards his commercial license. I went up with him once...and never again will I go up in a small airplane, let alone fly one.

[EG BTER]

My sisters boyfriend flys out of McCollum

[quickdodge®]

I have two single engine Cessnas. One is at Brown Field in Atlanta and the other in our barn in TN. Later, QD.

[YokotaS13]

i work on planes, does that count?

[TranceDJ06]

..With Redbull, Yes.

[ARFNSX]

Just curios if anybody flys small airplanes?


I'm looking into it for myself. There is now a sports liscense that u can get in one week for like $5,000.

I fly out of McCollum. How can you get a sport license in one week. What does a sport license do and how does it work. I paid about 10k and it took me almost a year going about twice a week.

[Kelly_Rene]

Its a new thing I was reading about in the Popular Mechanics magazine.




http://media.popularmechanics.com/images/2005111.jpg

[speedminded]

ohh great, another john denver death trap advertised on the cover of PM.




I fly out of McCollum. How can you get a sport license in one week. What does a sport license do and how does it work. I paid about 10k and it took me almost a year going about twice a week.You should have a private license. With a sport license you can't fly at night or with more than one passenger, plane must be single engine and weigh under 1,320lbs, can't exceed 120 knots, etc...




i have a few friends that are flight instructors, here's a few more specifics....

Restrictions on a sport pilot certificate:


• no flights into Class A airspace, which is at or over 18,000' MSL;
• no flights into Class B, C, or D airspace unless you receive training and a logbook endorsement;
• no flights outside the U.S. without advance permission from that country(ies)
• no sightseeing flights with passengers for charity fund raisers;
• no flights above 10,000' MSL;
• daytime flight only; no night flights
• no flights when the flight or surface visibility is less than 3 statute miles;
• no flights unless you can see the surface of the earth for flight reference;
• no flights if the operating limitations issued with the aircraft do not permit that activity;
• no flights contrary to any limitation listed on the pilot's certificate, U.S. driver's license, FAA medical certificate, or logbook endorsement(s);
• no flights while carrying a passenger or property for compensation or hire (no commercial operations);
• no renting a light-sport aircraft unless it was issued a "special" airworthiness certificate;
any qualified and current pilot (recreational pilot or higher) may fly a light-sport aircraft;
• a light-sport aircraft may be flown at night if it is properly equipped for night flight and flown by a individual with a private pilot (or higher) certificate who has a current and valid FAA airman's medical certificate.